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Official 2010 Free Agency Thread

-- with the trade deadlines a few hours away, and our team continuing to sink down the east - not to mention our draft pick going to Utah( **** you Isiah ) this means the next date that means anything to us is July; right when free agency hits and we'll have alot of cap space to sin players, and well no doubt be major players in the summer, and were poised to enter to 2010-11 season with a completely remade team- at least i would hope so

so here it is the official free agency list of players, input your opinions scenarios and opinions here all leading up to training camp 2010

stars whose contracts expire following the 2009-2010 season and will then become honest-to-goodness free agents:

so there it is basically the complete list of players who will be restricted or unrestricted free agents this off season

my personal plan would be sign a top flight player and then build around them with another star and then complete the starting rotation, for example sign Amar'e get joe johnson and resign Lee and sign T.J to the mle

so we'll have

Ford
Johnson
Gallinari
Lee
Amar'e

6th man: Chandler, rest of rotation would be Douglas,

another direction if we could lure Gay from the grizz, we get him sign Tyson Chandler, and sign a point guard that way our team remains young, and dangerous at the same time we'll have expendable cap to add players whenever we choose

with the addition of Tmac it now adds a new dimension to our offseason plans, Tmac if he plays well and shows good conditioning he could resign with us as a 3rd option and would add another dimension to our team, and he can help us recruit players in the offseason

another interesting addition is Sergio Rodriguez hes young and is quietly improving and could develop into a great starter for us in the future so we now dont have to chase a PG in the offseason we now have that in place

overall today was a great day for us knick fans, and just adds to the precedent of whats to come in the offseason

Well surely the aim has to be Lebron no matter what. Might not be realistic but I'd say it's about 50/50 to whether he will stay or go in July.

I wouldn't want to go for Amare or Bosh as the "main star" as neither of them play particularly good defense and they are gonna be filling up the C spot.

If we can't get Lebron I'd rather go for Wade/Johnson/Gay and then add Camby and a PG like Ford or Ridnour. Then at least you have the classic situation of a solid PG, allstar SG, good slasher in Will the Thrill, good range with Gallo and good interior defense from Camby.

I think we have to look back to 3 years ago. One of the biggest player transaction occurred when Kevin Garnett was traded to Boston.

We know it was a trade not a signing and it did help that both GMs of the Celtics and T'wolves were Celtic teammates in the 80's. But understand this...that trade was KG's call to make. It would not have happened without KGs approval.

Before Draft Night 2007 the Celtics attempted to trade for Garnett. Garnett rejected, and for good reason. He wanted to leave a losing situation and why would he go to a team that only won 24 games while losing 18 games in a row during that season. On Draft Night 2007, the Celtics acquired Ray Allen from the Sonics (now the Thunder) via trade. Two months later KG agreed to the deal to go to Boston. That season Celtics won a championship.

It is safe to say that the only bona fide max contract players this free agency is Lebron James and Dwayne Wade. (You can make a case for Bosh but eh.) It is well known that they will not move to a new team alone. Therefore don't expect them to be the first in line to sign with the Knicks or any other team. The Knicks need a bona fide number 1a or 2 man.

KG's decision to go to the Celtics was mainly influenced by Ray Allen's move to Boston. With Ray Allen and Paul Pierce already there KG could not pass up the opportunity. Ray Allen was a bona fide 1a or 2 man. Paul Pierce was the same.

In my opinion the second tier of players would be Chris Bosh, Joe Johnson and Amar'e Stoudamire. One of those players must be secured first but they cannot be offered max contract with maybe the exception of Bosh. It is of my opinion that with Lebron and Wade in the market it will regulate how teams spend their money on other players, basically keep their prices at the true value.

The top teams in competition this summer are Knicks, Heat, and Bulls (The Newark Nets, yea right). The Knicks are in a serious disadvantage player wise. Though we can sign 2 stars, the Bulls and Heat already have one star in place. The Knicks will go to Lebron and Wade first, but we all know they wont budge unless the Knicks make a move to get a 1a/2 man.

I believe Lebron or Wade won't sign with any team until late July or early to mid August. So the Knicks have until then to get one of those guys a running mate.

I do not believe Wade and LBJ can coexist together. Their games are too similar.

There are many options out there I think it will be an interesting summer.

I think we have to look back to 3 years ago. One of the biggest player transaction occurred when Kevin Garnett was traded to Boston.

We know it was a trade not a signing and it did help that both GMs of the Celtics and T'wolves were Celtic teammates in the 80's. But understand this...that trade was KG's call to make. It would not have happened without KGs approval.

Before Draft Night 2007 the Celtics attempted to trade for Garnett. Garnett rejected, and for good reason. He wanted to leave a losing situation and why would he go to a team that only won 24 games while losing 18 games in a row during that season. On Draft Night 2007, the Celtics acquired Ray Allen from the Sonics (now the Thunder) via trade. Two months later KG agreed to the deal to go to Boston. That season Celtics won a championship.

It is safe to say that the only bona fide max contract players this free agency is Lebron James and Dwayne Wade. (You can make a case for Bosh but eh.) It is well known that they will not move to a new team alone. Therefore don't expect them to be the first in line to sign with the Knicks or any other team. The Knicks need a bona fide number 1a or 2 man.

KG's decision to go to the Celtics was mainly influenced by Ray Allen's move to Boston. With Ray Allen and Paul Pierce already there KG could not pass up the opportunity. Ray Allen was a bona fide 1a or 2 man. Paul Pierce was the same.

In my opinion the second tier of players would be Chris Bosh, Joe Johnson and Amar'e Stoudamire. One of those players must be secured first but they cannot be offered max contract with maybe the exception of Bosh. It is of my opinion that with Lebron and Wade in the market it will regulate how teams spend their money on other players, basically keep their prices at the true value.

The top teams in competition this summer are Knicks, Heat, and Bulls (The Newark Nets, yea right). The Knicks are in a serious disadvantage player wise. Though we can sign 2 stars, the Bulls and Heat already have one star in place. The Knicks will go to Lebron and Wade first, but we all know they wont budge unless the Knicks make a move to get a 1a/2 man.

I believe Lebron or Wade won't sign with any team until late July or early to mid August. So the Knicks have until then to get one of those guys a running mate.

I do not believe Wade and LBJ can coexist together. Their games are too similar.

There are many options out there I think it will be an interesting summer.

Thoughts...........................

im assuming you worte this before the tmac trade..now im not sayin hes gonna come in and ball but lets say he does this wouldnt make him a 1a or 2 man?

we all have to understand that we are playing against only a handful of teams in the FA market. With the constrictions of fiscally poor status quo for most franchises I cant imagine the knicks having any more of an advantageous approach towards summer 2010.

as of right now the cards are in our hands, we have the best market, the best cap space, and the most media coverage in terms of potential upheavals.

I can firmly say that any FA would be a fool to not want to sign with us at this particular moment in time.

^^ I seriously doubt it would. His game has been worth the MLE since his second year in Houston with the occasional flash of superstar form. He's still good but considering the point made - sign an enticing team mate to convince a real star to sign here - McGrady will not fit that bill.

i hope he does crazy8's. He's been pretty pissed off with not playing and he's been working out a LOT in order to get himself into a starting lineup. I have high hopes for him mostly because it would be a feel good story for tracy and knicks fans.

Plus he'd be likely to sign with NY for comparatively low cost and help us bring in lebron/bosh. I've been leaving dwade out of my projections because he has been very adamant about staying in miami. The Heat pose the biggest threat to us signing lebron as lebron and wade are good friends. I think Bosh is worth every penny of a max contract as I watch the raptors and realize that without bosh, they really suck. With bosh they are a .500 or better club sitting in probably 5th position in the east. With litterally nothing but Bosh.

The hope i have is that the Heat sign amare and the knicks sign lebron and bosh. Setting up an East finals match up we'll see for years to come, renewing the Heat/Knicks Rivalry.

still boggles my mind that ronnie ****ing brewer got dealt for a first, meanwhile, we got nothing for lee.this front office is really overrating the **** out of lee.if we end up with lee and gay no one should go to the damn games.